Johann Sebastian Bach – The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Preludes & Fugues Nos. 17-24, BWV 862-869 – Glenn Gould (1965/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 00:35:25 minutes | 334 MB | Genre: Classical
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Ever in search of the ideal sound: for a while Gould apparently planned to record the Well-Tempered Clavier on a “harpsipiano” (“a neurotic piano that thinks it’s a harpsichord”), but Columbia declined. What remained is a level of polyphonic lucidity and contrapuntal rigor that beggars comparison.
Tracklist:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862
1 Prelude 01:24
2 Fugue 01:33
Prelude & Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863
3 Prelude 01:22
4 Fugue 01:51
Prelude & Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864
5 Prelude 00:59
6 Fugue 02:27
Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865
7 Prelude 01:11
8 Fugue 03:27
Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866
9 Prelude 01:09
10 Fugue 01:28
Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867
11 Prelude 03:57
12 Fugue 05:13
Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868
13 Prelude 00:59
14 Fugue 01:38
Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869
15 Prelude 03:02
16 Fugue 03:45
Personnel:
Glenn Gould, piano
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